''L'artisan'' (''The Craftsman'') is an
opéra comique
''Opéra comique'' (; plural: ''opéras comiques'') is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. It emerged from the popular '' opéras comiques en vaudevilles'' of the Fair Theatres of St Germain and St Laurent (and to a l ...
by
Fromental Halévy, to a
libretto
A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the t ...
by
Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges.
''L'artisan'' was the first of Halévy's operas to be staged (
Opéra-Comique
The Opéra-Comique is a Paris opera company which was founded around 1714 by some of the popular theatres of the Parisian fairs. In 1762 the company was merged with – and for a time took the name of – its chief rival, the Comédie-Italienne ...
,
Paris, 30 January 1827). The trivial plot is set in a shipyard in
Antibes
Antibes (, also , ; oc, label=Provençal dialect, Provençal, Antíbol) is a coastal city in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France, department of southeastern France, on the French Riviera, Côte d'Azur between Cannes and Nice.
The town of ...
. The opera was withdrawn after 14 performances and seems never to have been revived.
Operas by Fromental Halévy
1827 operas
Opéras comiques
Operas
Operas set in France
French-language operas
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